By Zach Arnold 24dash.com reports that London Assembly member Bob Blackman (of Wembley, the area which will be hosting Cage Rage this weekend at the Wembley Arena) is attempting to stop “cage fighting” (MMA). “The ‘sport’ of Cage Fighting offers no protection to its participants and it excites the worst sides of human emotion in […]

By Zach Arnold The first media report (Asahi Shimbun) coming out of the stockholder’s meeting for Fuji TV at the Le Meridien Hotel Grand Pacific on Thursday is that nearly 1,000 stockholders showed up for the meeting at 9 AM. The major issue on the table was how Fuji TV would restructure given the failed […]

By Zach Arnold Results/reviews: Sherdog | MMA-Snark | Fight Report | MMA Toronto “Bottom line is that if you’re not winning, you’re not in the UFC. … Maybe he will want to go back to Japan or somewhere where the competition is a little easier.” — Chris Leben, talking about his opponent Anderson Silva on […]

By Zach Arnold On Tuesday, a FAX was sent to the mass media in Japan on behalf of Bob Sapp (through a Japanese lawyer), explaining what happened at the infamous K-1 Amsterdam show and why he didn’t fight Ernesto Hoost. In short, Sapp said that he was threatened. (English summary of Sapp’s argument in the […]

By Zach Arnold Shareholders of Fuji TV stock will meet at the TV network’s annual shareholder’s meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel Grand Pacific. The stockholder activist groups are preparing to put the heat on Fuji TV management for several issues, and one activist site (Labor Net Japan) has the PRIDE scandal listed as a […]

By Zach Arnold More information here. In short, Zuffa told Sherdog to leave their public fighter weigh-ins event. Note the word public. If you are an MMA fan and not a pro-wrestling fan or historian, I strongly urge you to research just exactly what happened to the American pro-wrestling scene in 1985 when Vince McMahon […]

By Zach Arnold The Ultimate Fighter 3 finale show on Spike TV last Saturday night drew a 2.04 cable rating, blowing away all expectations. The UF3 show was panned for not having enough “star power” with Kenny Florian vs. Sam Stout in the main event, but all criticism was clearly blown away by the strong […]

Sports Nippon reports that there will be a special show on 9/1 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali fight that took place on June 26, 1976. Sankei Sports notes that the 9/1 Budokan show will be a “new kakutougi (MMA) event” for Inoki, the […]

By Zach Arnold Arrests in Morocco in connection to the $90 million USD robbery from last February. Update: The Guardian reports that Lee Murray was, in fact, arrested. The BBC and The London Times also confirm this report.